The Craziest New Roller Coasters and Thrill Rides in the U.S.
Screw up your courage and take a ride on one of
this year's new crop of roller coasters, drop towers, Ferris Wheels, and
other amusement-park attractions—if you can stand the record-shattering
speeds, mind-bending loops, and heart-stopping falls.
The small, four-person cars of the El Loco allow for tighter twist, turns, and rolls. The whole thing starts with a hairpin turn that rolls into a greater-than-straight-down dive, so riders experience what coaster nerds call a "negative 1.5 vertical G"—what a normal rider would call that feeling of floating up out of your seat. Plus, the Las Vegas Adventuredome, located in Circus Circus, is all indoors, so you can't use the weather as an excuse to chicken out.
Click through to read the full slideshow at the website of the Condé Nast Traveler.
Photo: Denise Truscello